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I completely agree. One of the main things I like about HN's simplistic style, is that within a few seconds I can scan a dozen or so entries and filter out what
by yenoham 13y ago
I completely agree. One of the main things I like about HN's simplistic style, is that within a few seconds I can scan a dozen or so entries and filter out what I'm going to look through.
- kubindurion 13y agoguys, what's your method of scanning? how could we improve?
- CmonDev 13y ago1) fit 30 items on one screen; 2) remove wasted space and visual noise in the bottom, top, left side and right side. PS: I am not your target audience.
- jobigoud 13y agoI agree with the comments. On HackerNews main page, I can see the top 24 links without scrolling. On MakerNews I see 8. The drawings on the side are nice, but it's the first thing I see when coming on the page. I need to self consciously blind the side of the page to focus on the content.
- linker3000 13y agoRSS feed?
- bliti 13y agoLinks: - Color. Make it dark. Light blue on a white background is very hard to read. - Font size: Too big. Look at HN. Layout: - Reduce the padding in between entries. HN is easy to scan because everything is neatly packed. You only need to scroll a little to see the rest. - The header is too big. Kept it simple with a little logo. The focus here is the content, not branding. The tweet button should go in the bottom of the page. - The footer is nice, but a bit too big. - The subscription form is in the way of the "More News" link. Also, a lot of people in your target market refrain from giving their name along with their email.
- kubindurion 13y agothis is very useful, thanks. we have just exported most of these into our tasks and we'll fix it soon
- bliti 13y agoIs the code open source? If so, I could give you a hand with the UI.
- Vektorweg 13y agoFont size on HN is too small. I wonder why every webdesigner uses 14px and smaller. there is a reason why 16px is default size.
- bliti 13y agoYou can adjust it with ctrl (or cmd) +/-.